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Post by Joel Troge on Sept 15, 2009 21:20:37 GMT -5
Part 1Go here: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/home_set.html1. Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers" in Greek. What two rivers were these ancient civilizations located between? 2. Because of seasonal rains and runoff from the mountains, northern Mesopotamia was very fertile. What does "fertile" mean? 3. To develop civilization in southern Mesopotamia, people had to use irrigation. What is "irrigation?" Part 2Go here: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/explore/exp_set.html6. Look at the map, "Ancient Civilizations." City-states in the region are located along what kind of geographical features? 7. Look at the map, "Terrain." Is the Mesopotamian river valley located in the mountains or next to the mountains? 8. Look at the "Modern Political" map. What modern countries do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow? 9. Look at the "Natural Resources" map. Name two resources. The economy of the region focused on the exchange of goods. What is that exchange called? Part 3Go here: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html10. Early forms of writing were based on "pictograms." What do you think those are? 11. Why did early civilizations develop writing? 12. A person who wrote cuneiform was known as a _________. Part 4Go here: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/home_set.html13. What is a "ziggurat?" 14. What were ziggurats probably used for? If you finish early, explore the rest of the website! Go here: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
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Post by gaetanlamy on Sept 16, 2009 10:25:22 GMT -5
1. Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers" in Greek. What two rivers were these ancient civilizations located between? These ancient civilizations were located between Tigris and Euphrate .
2. Because of seasonal rains and runoff from the mountains, northern Mesopotamia was very fertile. What does "fertile" mean? It means that the land is unable to grow crops .
3. To develop civilization in southern Mesopotamia, people had to use irrigation. What is "irrigation? To supply water to grow crops
4. Look at the map, "Ancient Civilizations." City-states in the region are located along what kind of geographical features? They are located around desert .
7. Look at the map, "Terrain." Is the Mesopotamian river valley located in the mountains or next to the mountains? Its located next to the mountains
8. Look at the "Modern Political" map. What modern countries do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow? Nineveh Nimrud is the country
9. Look at the "Natural Resources" map. Name two resources. The economy of the region focused on the exchange of goods. What is that exchange called?
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Post by jiewenzhao on Sept 16, 2009 10:25:44 GMT -5
1.The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates. 2.Fertile means have many natural resources. 3.Irrigation means it has not enough natural resources, have to contact the river to grow the crops. 6.That's go along to the Anatolia of geographical features 7.The Mesopotamian river vally located in the mountains. 8.Baghdad, Mosul, Dlyarbakir, Kirkuk, An Nasiriyah and Karbala. 9.Bitumen and Iron. Exchange called trade. 10.I think those are very hard ,the people can know this pictures to communicate.
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Post by carol cordero on Sept 16, 2009 10:27:34 GMT -5
part 1: 1a. masopotamia were located between tigris and euphrates. 1b. able to grow a lot of plants very well. 1c. to deliver water to the land for farming,using canals or ditches.
part 2: 2a. 2b. 2c. 2d.
part 3: 3a.pictures used to simbolise a word or phrase. 3b.
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Post by nayemapriyanka on Sept 18, 2009 13:51:57 GMT -5
1.Between Tagris and Euphrates 2.The land is capable of growing crops 3.The way of making water to flow to dry lands and crops. 6.They are located between two rivers and are deserts too. 7.They are located next to the mountains. 8.Baghdad, Mosul, Dlyarbakir Kirkuk,An N
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Post by fuchengcen on Sept 18, 2009 14:50:37 GMT -5
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Post by mariarodas on Sept 18, 2009 14:55:02 GMT -5
mezapotami es diferentes regiones diferentes paises en difentes petrolios y mezapotamia es parte de la naturaleza muy importante tomar en cuenta
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Post by pedroteran on Sept 18, 2009 14:55:02 GMT -5
1-The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates.
2-Fertile means have many natural resources
3-irrigate the land along the banks of the rivers in order for their crops to grow.
4-That's go along to the Anatolia of geographical features
5-The Mesopotamian river vally located in the mountains
6-Nineveh Nimrud is the country
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Post by zhunlin on Sept 18, 2009 14:55:30 GMT -5
1. The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates 2.fertile means is The geography of each area and the natural resources. 3.irrigation means is they did not have many natural resources, so they need to used the river for their crops to grow. 6.This is go along the Anatolia of geographical features 7.The Mesopotamian river valley located in the mountains. 8.Baghdad, Mosul, Dlyarbakir, Kirkuk, An Nasiriyah and Karbala. 9.Bitumen and Iron. Exchange called trade. 10.I think those are very hard ,the people can know this pictures to communicate. 11.Cuneiform was used by people throughout the ancient Near East to write several different languages.
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Post by Gianfranco bilal yara on Sept 22, 2009 10:23:18 GMT -5
part.1 1.The river are Tigris and Euphrates. 2.The land is quite fertile due to seasonal rains, and the rivers and streams flowing from the mountains. (.able to grow crops ). 3.Early settlers had to irrigate the land along the banks of the rivers in order for their crops to grow. (Diverts water to fields of crops). part.2 6.The city-states in the region are located along Euphrates R. and Tigris.R. 7. Next to the mountains. 8. Turkey,Syria,Iraq,and Kuwait countries. 9.Ivory and gold from Egypt and gold from the Caucausus mountains. part.3 10. A picture used to sybolise a word or phrase. 11.The earliest writing was based on pictograms. Pictograms were used to communicate basic information about crops and taxes. 12.In ancient Mesopotamia, a person who learned to read and write using cuneiform part 4. 13.A large solid mud- brick stepped tower.
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Post by bilalmehdi on Sept 22, 2009 17:21:16 GMT -5
part; 1 1.The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates which flow through modern Iraq. The Euphrates also flows through much of Syria. 2.The land is quite fertile due to seasonal rains, and the rivers and streams flowing from the mountains. 3. To deliver water to the land for farming, using canals or ditches. part; 2 6. The two river Tigris and Euphrates. 7. next to the mountain. 8.Turkey,Syria,Iraq and Kuwait. 9.ivory and gold from Egypt and gold from the Caucasus mountains. part; 3 10.A picture used to symbolise a word or phrase. 11.The earliest writing was based on pictograms. Pictograms were used to communicate basic information about crops and taxes. 12.In ancient Mesopotamia, a person who learned to read and write using cuneiform. part; 4 13.A large solid mud-brick stepped tower. Stairways lead to the top where there was a small temple 14.These stepped towers we call Ziggurats. By 2000 B.C. mud-brick ziggurats were being constructed in many Sumerian cities. Later, Ziggurats were constructed in Babylonian and Assyrian cities.
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Post by atifazam on Sept 22, 2009 19:24:28 GMT -5
Part1 1. Mesopotamia means "land between two rivers" in Greek, and the rivers are ancient civilizations located between in the Tigris and Euphrates. 2. Fertile mean land or soil is able to produce good crops. 3. The irrigation is, to supply water to land or crops. Part 2 6. Ancient Civilizations." City-states in the region are located by the Euphrates river.
7.Terrjavascript:add("%20:)")an is located next to the mountains.
8.I think Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Turkey.
9. The exchange called gold from the Caucasus Mountains, Chlorite from Iran, pearls from the Gulf. Part 3 10.Those are the first people who know how to writing and living in Mesopotamia. 11. The earliest writing was based on pictograms. Pictograms were used to communicate basic information about crops and taxes. 12. A person who wrote cuneiform was known as a scribe in ancient Mesopotamia. Part 4 13. A large solid mud-brick stepped tower. Stairways lead to the top where there was a small temple is called ziggurat. 14.Ziggurats were built for different religion because it is very famous place its near lots of church and different religion people come to pray. they were used. They are part of temple complexes, so they were probably connected with religion
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Post by adonis on Sept 23, 2009 10:25:23 GMT -5
1)The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates.
2)Fertile means that they have many natural resources.
3)Irrigation means that they don't has enough natural resources and they have to get water from the river to grow the crops.
6)That is go along to the Anatolia of geographical features
7)The Mesopotamian river valley is located in the mountains.
8)Mosul, Baghdad, Dlyarbakir, Kirkuk, Karbala, an nasiriyah
9) Iron and bitumen Exchange called trade.
10) I think the they use that to communicate basic information.
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Post by olvin on Sept 23, 2009 10:25:29 GMT -5
1 therivers are the tigris and euphrates 2 fertile means that they have miny natural resources. 3 irrigation means that they don t has enuough natural resources and the have
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